http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=192.168.8.91&feedformat=atomOC Enhancements - User contributions [en]2015-08-02T22:52:25ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.24.2http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Functionality&diff=1509Functionality2007-01-09T23:03:55Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Needs to run faster<br />
* Change the name of this tool from '''communities'''.ala.org to '''committees'''.ala.org to better communicate its core user group<br />
* Tie ''Communities'' to personal email; opt-in forwarding that the user can toggle<br />
* Review module settings for usability and functionality. For example, it should be possible to send feedback module email to multiple recipients. <br />
* When a change doesn't take in the settings (e.g., putting two email addresses in the feedback module settings), the system should display an error message. We didn't get one and thought everything was fine. When we went back to look at the email settings in the feedback module, all of the fields were blank.<br />
* Module controls should feature consistent icons, labeling, and location/layout.</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Who%27s_Online&diff=1508Who's Online2007-01-09T22:40:54Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Doesn't display accurate information unless user manually refreshes page; should refresh automatically<br />
* Within communities, should include a link to view a list of everyone who has joined the community<br />
* When you click on a person's name in ''Who's Online'' to send them a message, the box with their name on it should be at the top of the ''Your Messages'' page<br />
** Can we develop this ''poke'' feature further? When you click on a person's name it should give you the option to view a person's profile. Although this is only useful if we do something to extend profiles ...</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Welcome&diff=1507Welcome2007-01-09T22:39:45Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* In admin drop-down menu, search results, etc., rename this from ''Text/HTML'' to ''Note.''</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Links&diff=1506Links2007-01-09T22:37:28Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Add mailto: to the list of link types. This would make it possible to have a quick list of all group members, or to mobilize members to send email related to a cause or causes.<br />
* Consider breaking out the link module by type in the dropdown and re-naming them ''Links: Offsite.'' and ''Links: Onsite'' so its use as an internal left (or right) hand navigation bar is made clear; if mailto: is set up, name another: ''Links: Contact.'' Is this getting too complicated? Maybe just: Links &amp; Contacts.</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Discussion_Forums&diff=1505Discussion Forums2007-01-09T22:32:27Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Include pre-set up discussion forums as per the ''Executive Template.''<br />
* Change at least two of these terms, as they are too repetitive: Discussion forum, forum group, forum. Imagine if the misleading text link in item 3 below read: ''Add high level categories or sub-topic folders.'' This simple change would help people understand the way the module is being structured and their concepts organized, and make the instructions correspond with the visual display of the module's graphical user interface.<br />
* At the very least, change the misleading text links ''Add forums'' to read ''Add forum groups or forums.'' If the admin FAQ (see ''Executive Model for Template)'' clarifies the difference, admins should be able to proceed. Text should also be added to the discussion forum menu screen that clarifies the distinction between forum group and forum (or ideally, between category and sub-topic).<br />
* Also, there's a security breach in the module that needs to be changed. When module subscriptions are not allowed, then the ''subscribe to this post'' link should be unavailable. <br />
* Louise would be happy to assist with the development of labels and instructional text that would help admins and users work with this module.</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Chat&diff=1504Chat2007-01-09T22:31:03Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Remove the committee/community number after the name in the chat window<br />
* Change &quot;Welcome to my RealChat Server!&quot; with &quot;Welcome to the [community name] chat room.&quot;<br />
* Chat window in a pop-up window would be nice, so that you still can move around in the community while working. [[User:BrianGray|BrianGray]] 21:41, 5 January 2007 (CST) I agree! Louise</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Announcements&diff=1503Announcements2007-01-09T22:29:42Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>No changes desired, outside of universal changes to controls.</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Templates&diff=1502Templates2007-01-09T22:28:36Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Banner at the top of the page needs to be smaller; no need to take up so much real estate.<br />
* Need to change the way the page is built so that columns and modules don't look exactly the same.<br />
* When a user is logged in and they can see the &quot;pencil&quot; icon to indicate they can edit the item, change the icon to the word [edit] and put the pencil after the text<br />
* Need to provide communities with more elaborate, pre-set up templates that provide instructional information about community set up and module use. This will make it possible for community administrators and participants to use the community from day one. See the ''Executive Community for Template'' under the ''Training'' area in Online Communities for a draft version of what is intended.</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Navigation&diff=1501Navigation2007-01-09T22:27:03Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* '''Top navigation'''<br />
** White arrow needs to be more visible to show which page user is on (perhaps black would be a better color choice?)<br />
** Need buttons or else | dividers between labels<br />
** If you click on &quot;Search&quot; without filling in the search box, nothing happens (page redraws but you don't know this unless you're paying attention)<br />
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* '''Big Improvement'''<br />
**The application should create a custom navigation button bar for each user on the home page, providing one-click access to their communities/committees. Then expanding and scrolling through the navigation tree would be optional.</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Login_Page&diff=1500Login Page2007-01-09T22:26:10Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>The login page needs:<br />
* a side bar<br />
* explanations<br />
* contact/support information and links (especially to get your membership number, and to send members to helpful orientation resources (wiki, docs, someday, digital animated screen captures)<br />
* at the bottom, a very short description of what this is (what you get when you log in)<br />
* understandable error/failure messages with support information<br />
* Louise can write text; Bill will need to insert.</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Admin&diff=1499Admin2007-01-09T22:23:00Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Remove from the top module insertion drop-down menu options regular admins don't need; only display these to global admin<br />
* In the top drop-down menu, change ''Event Manager'' to ''Community Planner.'' Remove ''Events.''</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Home_Page&diff=1498Home Page2007-01-09T22:22:25Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>'''Significant change'''<br />
* Make the home page a news aggregator that shows committee news<br />
** We would have to add a ''Public Announcements'' module to the module dropdown, that, when installed and used, flows information to the aggregator.<br />
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'''Feature change for ALA Home Community'''<br />
* Make an Online Meeting Site/Classroom available by creating the navigation tab and then using iFrame to feature an Elluminate or Breeze/Connect room. (Louise can do this.)<br />
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'''Usability changes'''<br />
* Revamp the graphic design to direct the eye to features. (Should we ask Publications for a quote?)<br />
* Wording in upper right-hand corner should reflect that user is in the ''ALA Home Community.'' <br />
* Since user starts in home community: ''ALA Home Community'' should not be clickable, since you're already there<br />
** Ditto for ''My Communities'' (should not be clickable if you don't go anywhere)<br />
* Ditch survey tab if we're not going to use it; ditto for other empty pages or unused modules which should disappear for non-admin users.<br />
* Remove ''Events Manager/Calendar'' unless recommended ''flow-up'' changes are made or a person is delegated to update it.<br />
* Remove ''quick search'' and link directly to ''member search'' page unless changes to ''quick search'' are made.<br />
* Review the need for printer icons on empty modules.</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Annotated_list_of_the_major_changes_proposed&diff=1497Annotated list of the major changes proposed2007-01-09T22:15:28Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>We haven't had a chance to pull this information from the comments elsewhere, but Bill Underwood may want to use these bulletpoints to talk about how complicated (or not) the suggested changes are to produce.<br />
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* Name change<br />
* Changes to login page<br />
* Changes to home page<br />
* Changes to navigation<br />
* Changes to base template<br />
* Changes to look, feel &amp; controls<br />
* Changes to various search tools</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Brief_discussion_of_how_communities_fits_into_the_overall_schema_of_ALA_on_the_web&diff=1496Brief discussion of how communities fits into the overall schema of ALA on the web2007-01-09T22:13:17Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>Jenny hasn't had time to work on this, and since I believe she's the best person for the job, we'll just have to wait ...</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Brief_discussion_of_how_communities_fits_into_the_overall_schema_of_ALA_on_the_web&diff=1495Brief discussion of how communities fits into the overall schema of ALA on the web2007-01-09T22:13:05Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>Jenny hasn't had time to work on this, and since I elieve she's the best person for the job, we'll just have to wait ...</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Who%27s_Online&diff=1490Who's Online2006-12-21T17:35:15Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Doesn't display accurate information unless user manually refreshes page; should refresh automatically<br />
* Within communities, should include a link to view a list of everyone who has joined the community<br />
* When you click on a person's name in ''Who's Online'' to send them a message, the box with their name on it should be at the top of the ''Your Messages'' page<br />
** Can we develop this ''poke'' feature further? When you click on a person's name it should give you the option to view a person's profile.</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Welcome&diff=1489Welcome2006-12-21T17:34:30Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* In admin drop-down menu, search results, etc., rename this from ''Text/HTML'' to ''Welcome.''</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=User-defined_Tables&diff=1488User-defined Tables2006-12-21T17:33:52Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>It is possible to mess up the creation of a UDT in ways that can be easily fixed.<br />
* First, the interface provides a link to ''Add new row'' but one cannot add a row unless a column has been added. However, there are no instructions or links to ''Add new column.'' One must locate the menu setting and select ''Manage user defined table,'' which is located under yet another text link for ''Add new row.''<br />
** Recommendation: Add a link to ''Add new column'' above the link to ''Add new row'' in the menu, and in front of it in the area under the module.<br />
* If one does figure out how to get the process started it is still possible to mess up when creating a column because of the placement of the SAVE icon, which is a small and unlabeled diskette, versus the large ''Add new column'' button which is pushed to get the form, but which when pushed again, wipes all work.<br />
** Recommendation: Change the SAVE procedure so that the button text and purpose change to ''SAVE new column'' when one begins to define the column, and the blue file icon stays where it is, as an option.</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Surveys&diff=1487Surveys2006-12-21T17:32:46Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Have someone develop a survey template (or two) so that administrators need only go in and edit the questions and responses to set up a survey.<br />
* As an elaboration of this, consider having several survey modules show in the module dropdown, with descriptive names such as: ''Multiple Choice Survey, Open Ended Question Survey, Variety Survey, Voting Survey.''</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Message_Center&diff=1486Message Center2006-12-21T17:31:58Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Remove the ''view'' link and move ''delete'' to be the far right-hand column.<br />
* Provide users with an option to have clicked messages popup in a separate screen, so they aren't forced to scroll down to locate the message.<br />
* Add an opt-in form so that users can choose to have their email forwarded offsite. Show them the email they have on file at ALA, and provide instructions for what to do if they would prefer that their mail go to another address.</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Joined_Communities&diff=1485Joined Communities2006-12-21T17:30:55Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Serves the same purpose as ''My Communities'' so what is the point?<br />
* Remove module to de-clutter, or else provide with some other functionality.<br />
* At the very least, capitlize the module title in the dropdown so it matches the others.</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Feedback&diff=1484Feedback2006-12-21T17:30:28Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Add labels to fields<br />
** Make ''from'' field text, not an input box since you can't change it anyway<br />
** Make ''name'' field text, not an input box<br />
** When form is submitted, move the ''Your Message Has Been Sent'' message to the top of the feedback module<br />
** Make it possible to add additional people in the feedback set up, so that emails can go out to multiple recipients. (Some communities have four administrators.)</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Document_Manager&diff=1483Document Manager2006-12-21T17:29:18Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* What does &quot;attribs&quot; mean? Change label to be accurate<br />
* What are the boxes for next to the names of the documents/folders? What actions are available to the user? Are options displaying properly? (Louise could see icons when logged in as global admin, but I couldn't when I was logged in as myself and I'm a regular admin for a community.)<br />
* When you drill down into a folder, need to make the &quot;...&quot; link into ''go back'' text.<br />
* Make the new, copy, and delete icons text instead<br />
* Change icon for renaming a file to text</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Discussion_Forums&diff=1482Discussion Forums2006-12-21T17:28:10Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Include pre-set up discussion forums as per the ''Executive Template.''<br />
* Change at least two of these terms, as they are too repetitive: Discussion forum, forum group, forum. Imagine if the misleading text link in item 3 below read: ''Add high level categories or sub-topic folders.'' This simple change would help people understand the way the module is being structured and their concepts organized, and make the instructions correspond with the visual display of the module's graphical user interface.<br />
* At the very least, change the misleading text links ''Add forums'' to read ''Add forum groups or forums.'' If the admin FAQ (see ''Executive Model for Template)'' clarifies the difference, admins should be able to proceed. Text should also be added to the discussion forum menu screen that clarifies the distinction between forum group and forum (or ideally, between category and sub-topic).<br />
* Also, there's a security breach in the module that needs to be changed. When module subscriptions are not allowed, then the ''subscribe to this post'' link should be unavailable.</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Contacts&diff=1481Contacts2006-12-21T17:26:49Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Allow user to change sort order of rows<br />
* Allow admin to change column headings and add columns<br />
* See comments about ''user defined table'' module.</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Calendar&diff=1480Calendar2006-12-21T17:25:07Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Depending on your login, you can post to any calendar if you are ''global admin'' and can choose to post to ''all'' calendars. ''Participants'' can post private notes and make pending event notices for their community. ''Community managers'' can post private notes, approve pending event notices and make new event notices for their community. ''Unit managers'' can post to their unit calendar or all calendars. Only ''global admin'' can flow a notice to all calendars. Need events to flow upwards from committees to global, horizontally from committee to committee, and downwards from global to committees (e.g., conferences) as a choice, not the default.<br />
* An additional option would be for ''community admins'' to have override rights to adjust what shows in their calendars.<br />
* Allow for pending events without crashing</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Calendar&diff=1479Calendar2006-12-21T17:23:34Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Depending on your login, you can post to any calendar if you are ''global admin'' and can choose to post to ''all'' calendars. ''Participants'' can post private notes and make pending event notices for their community. ''Community managers'' can post private notes, approve pending event notices and make new event notices for their community. ''Unit managers'' can post to their unit calendar or all calendars. Only ''global admin'' can flow a notice to all calendars. Need events to flow upwards from committees to global, horizontally from committee to committee, and downwards from global to committees (e.g., conferences) as a choice, not the default.<br />
* Allow for pending events without crashing</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Templates&diff=1478Templates2006-12-21T17:20:21Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Banner at the top of the page needs to be smaller<br />
* Need to change the way the page is built so that columns and modules don't look exactly the same.<br />
* When a user is logged in and they can see the &quot;pencil&quot; icon to indicate they can edit the item, change the icon to the word [edit] and put it after the text<br />
* Need to provide communities with more elaborate, pre-set up templates that provide instructional information about community set up and module use. This will make it possible for community administrators and participants to use the community from day one. See the ''Executive Community for Template'' under the ''Training'' area in Online Communities for a draft version of what is intended.</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Sending_Messages&diff=1477Sending Messages2006-12-21T17:19:39Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* When sending a message, you are asked to enter a comma-separated list of usernames, but you have no way to know if a username is the person's name or membership ID number. This box should be moved to the bottom of the search page, as it is not the primary mechanism by which users can search.<br />
* The table of ALA members displayed on this page shows unusable, hopefully invalid account numbers. Does this information need to show for any reason? If not, delete column or at the very least, change visibility.<br />
* Message center and/or profile area should allow for opt-in, so members can choose to have their communities email forwarded to their &quot;real&quot; email.</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Search&diff=1476Search2006-12-21T17:18:20Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Quick search needs to search by first '''and''' last name in any order, or if not, it should be removed.<br />
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* Search settings, results &amp; display issues<br />
** Searching should pull up a committee by name, code, division, or keyword; module search should act the same way; module searching is not working (e.g., a search for ''gaming'' doesn't bring up the YALSA Gaming Group)<br />
** What is the determining factor for the order of search results? What are the criteria for relevance? What do the relevance numbers mean? What is the secondary criterion for results? If there are no results in your communities, display a message asking if user wants to search all communities.<br />
** Name of the group should be the second line in the result<br />
** Results from ''Welcome'' modules should note they are in that module, not say ''Text/HTM''<br />
** Can we prioritize the results from different modules? For example, can we weight results from documents or chat higher than welcome messages?<br />
** In search results, add a link to ''watch this community'' if user is not already a member<br />
** Numbers on search results (on the lefthand side) need to be aligned to the top of the result<br />
** In the ''seach result'' bar at the top, need to display how many total search results there are<br />
** At the bottom of the search results, pagination should be explicitly definited - e.g., 1 2 3 4 5 (etc., like Google)<br />
** Need to change the way the category reads - ''Community name '''in''' Module''<br />
** What is the date on the results? Created or last updated?<br />
** What does module search ''search?'' Only communities you belong to? Only communities you have access to? Should search both and delineate those results (either by separate dividers or icons next to results from groups you belong to) or let you toggle the search to the other setting.<br />
* Location limiter field<br />
** Should not default to user's zip code<br />
** Should be able to search by zip code, city, or state<br />
** Should be able to limit search by module<br />
* Advanced search<br />
** Don't default zip code to user's location<br />
** Should be able to narrow search by division<br />
** Map should not be broken out by region since clicks are by state<br />
** Need language to insruct users that they can click on a state to find all members located in that state<br />
** Need a way to search by division, committee name or code</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Search&diff=1475Search2006-12-21T17:16:55Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Quick search needs to search by first '''and''' last name in any order, or if not, it should be removed.<br />
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* Search results &amp; display issues<br />
** Searching should pull up a committee by name, code, division, or keyword; module search should act the same way; module searching is not working (e.g., a search for &quot;gaming&quot; doesn't bring up the YALSA Gaming Group)<br />
** What is the determining factor for the order of search results? What are the criteria for relevance? What do the relevance numbers mean? What is the secondary criterion for results? If there are no results in your communities, display a message asking if user wants to search all communities.<br />
** Name of the group should be the second line in the result<br />
** Results from &quot;Welcome&quot; modules should note they are in that module, not say ''Text/HTM''<br />
** Can we prioritize the results from different modules? For example, can we weight results from documents or chat higher than welcome messages?<br />
** In search results, add a link to ''watch this community'' if user is not already a member<br />
** Numbers on search results (on the lefthand side) need to be aligned to the top of the result<br />
** In the ''seach result'' bar at the top, need to display how many total search results there are<br />
** At the bottom of the search results, pagination should be explicitly definited - e.g., 1 2 3 4 5 (etc., like Google)<br />
** Need to change the way the category reads - ''Community name ''''in'''' Module''<br />
** What is the date on the results? Created or last updated?<br />
** What does module search ''search?'' Only communities you belong to? Only communities you have access to? Should search both and delineate those results (either by separate dividers or icons next to results from groups you belong to) or let you toggle the search to the other setting.<br />
* Location limiter field<br />
** Should not default to user's zip code<br />
** Should be able to search by zip code, city, or state<br />
** Should be able to limit search by module<br />
* Advanced search<br />
** Don't default zip code to user's location<br />
** Should be able to narrow search by division<br />
** Map should not be broken out by region since clicks are by state<br />
** Need language to insruct user that they can click on a state to find all members located in that state<br />
** Need a way to search by division, committee name or code</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Search&diff=1474Search2006-12-21T17:14:22Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Quick search needs to search by first '''and''' last name in any order, or if not, it should be removed.<br />
* Searching should pull up a committee by name, code, division, or keyword<br />
** Module search should act the same way; module searching is not working (e.g., a search for &quot;gaming&quot; doesn't bring up the YALSA Gaming Group)<br />
** Should be able to limit search by module<br />
* Search results &amp; display issues<br />
** What is the determining factor for the order of search results? What are the criteria for relevance? What do the relevance numbers mean? What is the secondary criterion for results? If there are no results in your communities, display a message asking if user wants to search all communities.<br />
** Name of the group should be the second line in the result<br />
** Results from &quot;Welcome&quot; modules should note they are in that module, not say ''Text/HTM''<br />
** Can we prioritize the results from different modules? For example, can we weight results from documents or chat higher than welcome messages?<br />
** In search results, add a link to ''watch this community'' if user is not already a member<br />
** Numbers on search results (on the lefthand side) need to be aligned to the top of the result<br />
** In the ''seach result'' bar at the top, need to display how many total search results there are<br />
** At the bottom of the search results, pagination should be explicitly definited - e.g., 1 2 3 4 5 (etc., like Google)<br />
** Need to change the way the category reads - ''Community name ''''in'''' Module''<br />
** What is the date on the results? Created or last updated?<br />
** What does module search ''search?'' Only communities you belong to? Only communities you have access to? Should search both and delineate those results (either by separate dividers or icons next to results from groups you belong to) or let you toggle the search to the other setting.<br />
* Location limiter field<br />
** Should not default to user's zip code<br />
** Should be able to search by zip code, city, or state<br />
* Advanced search<br />
** Don't default zip code to user's location<br />
** Should be able to narrow search by division<br />
** Map should not be broken out by region since clicks are by state<br />
** Need language to insruct user that they can click on a state to find all members located in that state<br />
** Need a way to search by committee name or code</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Search&diff=1473Search2006-12-21T17:12:51Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Quick search needs to search by first '''and''' last name in any order, or if not, it should be removed.<br />
* Searching should pull up a committee by name, code, division, or keyword<br />
** Module search should act the same way; module searching is not working (e.g., a search for &quot;gaming&quot; doesn't bring up the YALSA Gaming Group)<br />
** Should be able to limit search by module<br />
*** What is the determining factor for the order of search results? What are the criteria for relevance? What do the relevance numbers mean? What is the secondary criterion for results? If there are no results in your communities, display a message asking if user wants to search all communities.<br />
*** Name of the group should be the second line in the result<br />
*** Results from &quot;Welcome&quot; modules should note they are in that module, not say ''Text/HTM''<br />
*** Can we prioritize the results from different modules? For example, can we weight results from documents or chat higher than welcome messages?<br />
*** In search results, add a link to ''watch this community'' if user is not already a member<br />
*** Numbers on search results (on the lefthand side) need to be aligned to the top of the result<br />
*** In the ''seach result'' bar at the top, need to display how many total search results there are<br />
*** At the bottom of the search results, pagination should be explicitly definited - e.g., 1 2 3 4 5 (etc., like Google)<br />
*** Need to change the way the category reads - ''Community name ''''in'''' Module''<br />
*** What is the date on the results? Created or last updated?<br />
*** What does module search ''search?'' Only communities you belong to? Only communities you have access to? Should search both and delineate those results (either by separate dividers or icons next to results from groups you belong to) or let you toggle the search to the other setting.<br />
* Location limiter field<br />
** Should not default to user's zip code<br />
** Should be able to search by zip code, city, or state<br />
* Advanced search<br />
** Don't default zip code to user's location<br />
** Should be able to narrow search by division<br />
** Map should not be broken out by region since clicks are by state<br />
** Need language to insruct user that they can click on a state to find all members located in that state<br />
** Need a way to search by committee name or code</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Navigation&diff=1472Navigation2006-12-21T17:09:43Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* '''Top navigation'''<br />
** White arrow needs to be more visible to show which page user is on<br />
** Need buttons or else | dividers between labels<br />
** If you click on &quot;Search&quot; without filling in the search box, nothing happens (page redraws but you don't know this unless you're paying attention)<br />
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* '''Big Improvement'''<br />
**The application should create a custom navigation button bar for each user on the home page, providing one-click access to their communities/committees. Then expanding and scrolling through the navigation tree would be optional.</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Login_Page&diff=1471Login Page2006-12-21T17:07:53Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>The login page needs:<br />
* a side bar<br />
* explanations<br />
* contact/support information (especially to get your membership number, and to send members to helpful orientation resources (wiki, docs, someday, digital animated screen captures)<br />
* at the bottom, a very short description of what this is (what you get when you log in)<br />
* understandable error/failure messages with support information</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Home_Page&diff=1470Home Page2006-12-21T17:06:41Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>'''Significant change'''<br />
* Make the home page a news aggregator that shows committee news<br />
** We would have to add a ''Public Announcements'' module to the module dropdown, that, when installed and used, flows information to the aggregator.<br />
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'''Usability changes'''<br />
* Revamp the graphic design to direct the eye to features. <br />
* Wording in upper right-hand corner should reflect that user is in the ''ALA Home Community.'' <br />
* Since user starts in home community: ''ALA Home Community'' should not be clickable, since you're already there<br />
** Ditto for ''My Communities'' (should not be clickable if you don't go anywhere)<br />
* Ditch survey tab if we're not going to use it; ditto for other empty pages or unused modules which should disappear for non-admin users.<br />
* Remove ''Events Manager/Calendar'' unless recommended ''flow-up'' changes are made or a person is delegated to update it.<br />
* Remove ''quick search'' and link directly to ''member search'' page unless changes to ''quick search'' are made.<br />
* Review the need for printer icons on empty modules</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Home_Page&diff=1469Home Page2006-12-21T17:03:56Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>Things to change on the home page:<br />
* Revamp the graphic design to provide a more attractive flow to direct eye-scanning. <br />
* Wording in upper right-hand corner should reflect that user is in the ''ALA Home Community,'' this is not clear. <br />
* Since user starts in home community: ''ALA Home Community'' should not be clickable, since you're already there<br />
** Ditto for ''My Communities'' (should not be clickable if you don't go anywhere)<br />
* Ditch survey tab if we're not going to use it; ditto for other empty pages or unused modules which should disappear for non-admin users.<br />
* Remove ''Events Manager/Calendar'' unless recommended ''flow-up'' changes are made or a person is delegated to update it.<br />
* Remove''quick search'' and link directly to ''member search'' page unless changes to ''quick search'' are made.<br />
* Review the need for printer icons on empty modules<br />
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* Make the home page a news aggregator that shows committee news<br />
** We would have to add a ''Public Announcements'' module to the module dropdown, that, when installed and used, flows information to the aggregator.</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Home_Page&diff=1468Home Page2006-12-21T16:52:47Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>Things to change on the home page:<br />
* Revamp the graphic design to provide a more attractive flow to direct eye-scanning. <br />
* Wording in upper right-hand corner should reflect that user is in the ''ALA Home Community,'' this is not clear.<br />
* Ditch survey tab if we're not going to use it; ditto for other empty pages or unused modules which should disappear for non-admin users.<br />
* Remove ''Events Manager/Calendar'' unless recommended ''flow-up'' changes are made or a person is delegated to update it.<br />
* Remove''quick search'' and link directly to ''member search'' page unless changes to ''quick search'' are made.<br />
* Make the home page a news aggregator<br />
** Show your committees' current news/tasks<br />
**Can we display the most recent announcements from all of your communities?<br />
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* Since user starts in home community:<br />
** &quot;ALA Home Community&quot; should not be clickable since you're already there<br />
*** Same thing with ''My Communities'' (should not be clickable if you don't go anywhere)<br />
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* Don't need a printer on the ''member search'' box on the home page<br />
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** Don't need a printer icon for empty modules (e.g., links)<br />
** Don't need printer icons on these modules at all</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Joining_a_Community&diff=1467Joining a Community2006-12-21T16:43:58Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Forward confirmation email message to outside email when a community owner approves your request to join a community.</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Functionality&diff=1466Functionality2006-12-21T16:43:21Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Needs to run faster<br />
* Change the name of this tool from '''communities'''.ala.org to '''committees'''.ala.org to better communicate its core user group<br />
* Tie ''Communities'' to personal email; opt-in forwarding that the user can toggle<br />
* Review module settings for usability and functionality. For example, it should be possible to send feedback module email to multiple recipients. <br />
* When a change doesn't take in the settings (e.g., putting two email addresses in the feedback module settings), the system should display an error message. We didn't get one and thought everything was fine. When we went back to look at the email settings in the feedback module, all of the fields were blank.</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Functionality&diff=1465Functionality2006-12-21T16:42:25Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Needs to run faster<br />
* Change the name of this tool from '''communities'''.ala.org to '''committees'''.ala.org to better communicate its core user group<br />
* Tie ''Communities'' to personal email; opt-in forwarding that the user can toggle<br />
* REview module settings for usability and functionality. For example, it should be possible to send feedback email to more than just one person. When a change doesn't take in the settings (e.g., putting two email addresses in the feedback module settings), the system should display an error message. We didn't get one and thought everything was fine. When we went back to look at the email settings in the feedback module, all of the fields were blank.</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Functionality&diff=1464Functionality2006-12-21T16:42:01Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Needs to run faster<br />
* Change the name of this tool from '''communities'''''Italic text''.ala.org to '''committees'''''Italic text''.ala.org to better communicate its core user group<br />
* Tie ''Communities'' to personal email; opt-in forwarding that the user can toggle<br />
* REview module settings for usability and functionality. For example, it should be possible to send feedback email to more than just one person. When a change doesn't take in the settings (e.g., putting two email addresses in the feedback module settings), the system should display an error message. We didn't get one and thought everything was fine. When we went back to look at the email settings in the feedback module, all of the fields were blank.</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Admin&diff=1463Admin2006-12-21T16:37:32Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Remove from the top drop-down menu options regular admins don't need; only display these to global admin<br />
* In the top drop-down menu, change ''Event Manager'' to ''Community Planner.'' Remove ''Events.''</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Admin&diff=1462Admin2006-12-21T16:37:12Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Remove from the top drop-down menu options regular admins don't need; only display these to global admin<br />
* In the top drop-down menu, change &quot;Event Manager&quot; to &quot;Community Planner.&quot; Remove &quot;Events.&quot;</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Annotated_list_of_the_major_changes_proposed&diff=1461Annotated list of the major changes proposed2006-12-21T16:34:59Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Name change<br />
* Changes to login page<br />
* Changes to home page<br />
* Changes to navigation<br />
* Changes to base template<br />
* Changes to look, feel &amp; controls<br />
* Changes to various search tools</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Who%27s_Online&diff=1460Who's Online2006-12-21T16:28:28Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Doesn't display accurate information unless user manually refreshes page; should refresh automatically<br />
* Within communities, should include a link to view a list of everyone who has joined the community<br />
* When you click on a person's name in Who's Online to send them a message, the box with their name on it should be at the top of the &quot;Your Messages&quot; page<br />
** Can we develop this ''poke'' feature further? When you click on a person's name it should give you the option to view a person's profile.</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=User-defined_Tables&diff=1459User-defined Tables2006-12-21T16:16:30Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>It is possible to mess up the creation of a UDT in ways that can be easily fixed.<br />
* First, the interface provides a link to ''Add new row'' but one cannot add a row unless a column has been added. However, there are no instructions or links to ''Add new column.'' One must locate the menu setting and select ''Manage user defined table,'' which is located under yet another text link for ''Add new row.''<br />
** Recommendation: Add a link to 'Add new column'' above the link to ''Add new row'' in the menu, and in front of it in the area under the module.<br />
* If one does figure out how to get the process started it is still possible to mess up when creating a column because of the placement of the SAVE icon, which is small and unlabeled, versus the large ''Add new column'' button which is pushed to get the form, but which when pushed again, wipes all work.<br />
** Recommendation: Change the SAVE procedure so that the button text and purpose change to ''SAVE new column'' when one begins to define the column, and the blue file icon stays where it is, as an option.</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=User-defined_Tables&diff=1458User-defined Tables2006-12-21T16:16:09Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>It is possible to mess up the creation of a UDT in ways that can be easily fixed.<br />
* First, the interface provides a link to ''Add new row'' but one cannot add a row unless a column has been added. However, there are no instructions or links to ''Add new column.'' One must locate the menu setting and select ''Manage user defined table,'' which is located under yet another text link for ''Add new row.''<br />
** Recommendation: Add a link to 'Add new column'' above the link to ''Add new row'' in the menu, and in front of it in the area under the module.<br />
* If one does figure out how to get the process started it is still possible to mess up when creating a column because of the placement of the SAVE icon, which is small and unlabeled, versus the large ''Add new column'' button which is pushed to get the form, but which when pushed again, wipes all work. \<br />
**Change the SAVE procedure so that the button text and purpose change to ''SAVE new column'' when one begins to define the column, and the blue file icon stays where it is, as an option.</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Surveys&diff=1457Surveys2006-12-21T15:57:45Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Have someone develop a survey template (or two) so that administrators need only go in and edit the questions and responses to set up a survey.<br />
* As an elaboration of this, consider having several survey modules show in the module dropdown, with descriptive names like: Multiple Choice Survey, Open Ended Question Survey, Variety Survey, Voting Survey.</div>192.168.8.91http://wikis.ala.org/ocenhancements/index.php?title=Message_Center&diff=1456Message Center2006-12-21T15:54:23Z<p>192.168.8.91: </p>
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<div>* Remove the &quot;view&quot; link and move &quot;delete&quot; to be the far right-hand column.<br />
* Provide users with an option to have clicked messages popup in a separate screen, so they aren't forced to scroll down to locate the message.<br />
* Add an opt-in form so that users can choose to have their email forwarded offsite. Show them the email they have on file at ALA, and provide instructions for what to do if they would prefer that their mail go to another address.</div>192.168.8.91